When the weather turns cold, or if one is truly prepared, even before, nothing warms the soul as a warm wood fire in a traditional stone fireplace. Sadly, this wonderful custom is slowly becoming archaic in a time where gas logs have slowly replaced real wood. But for those of us who ‘keep the faith’, the convenience is simply no substitute, and any good hearth demands a good effort. As a great dear friend of mine, Donnie Dodd, was so fond of saying, “Anything worth doing is worth doing well”.